Ministry of Development of North-East Region
Government schemes and plans on Rail, air and road networks in the North Eastern States
The information furnished by respective nodal Ministries on projects that Government plans to complete to create rail, air and road networks in the North Eastern States are detailed as under:
· Road connectivity: 261 numbers of road projects under different schemes of MoRTH with an aggregate sanctioned cost of Rs 1,02,594 crore are under implementation through National Highways Authority of India , National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd.  and State Public Works Departments  in the North Eastern States.
In addition, the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, under North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme  and North East Road Sector Development Scheme  has sanctioned 77 road projects amounting to Rs.3372.58 crore.
· Rail connectivity: 19 railway infrastructure projects, falling fully / partly in North Eastern States, covering total length of 1909 km at a cost of Rs. 81,941 crore have been undertaken and are at different stages of planning/approval/execution. Out of these, 482 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of Rs.37,713 cores has been incurred upto March, 2023.
· Air connectivity: Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched regional connectivity scheme -UDAN  on 21.10.2016 to enhance regional connectivity across the country from unserved and under served in the country and making air travel affordable to masses. Airports at Rupsi, Tezu, Tezpur, Pasighat, Jorhat, Lilabari, Shillong, Pakyong, Itanagar and Dimapur involving 64 routes have been operationalized under UDAN in the North Eastern Region. There were nine operational airports in 2014 in the North Eastern Region. Presently, there are 16 operational airports in the North Eastern Region. Additionally, Advanced Landing ground at Ziro has also been operationalized. Further, 13 major engineering infrastructure works worth Rs.1543.70 crore are ongoing in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura.
Moreover, under North Eastern Council  51 projects worth Rs.4345.16 crore under Schemes of NEC has been sanctioned under rail, air and road networks in the North Eastern States.
Department of Expenditure, Ministry Finance, under the Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment for 2022-23 and 2023-24 has released funds to the North-Eastern States as detailed below:
|
|
Releases to North-Eastern States under the Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment for 2022-23 and 2023-24
|
|

|
|
Sl No.
|
|
States
|
|
2022-23
|
|
2023-24
|
|
Allocation under Part-I
|
|
Amount Approved
|
|
Amount released
|
|
1
|
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
|
1564.1047
|
|
1757
|
|
1254.8595
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
Assam
|
|
4300.1400
|
|
3128
|
|
3128.0000
|
|
1514.8276
|
|
3
|
|
Manipur
|
|
467.2205
|
|
716
|
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
Meghalaya
|
|
1049.0200
|
|
767
|
|
511.7500
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
Mizoram
|
|
297.5000
|
|
500
|
|
399.2400
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
Nagaland
|
|
504.1600
|
|
569
|
|
569.0000
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
Sikkim
|
|
551.3600
|
|
388
|
|
387.6200
|
|
258.426254
|
|
8
|
|
Tripura
|
|
349.7900
|
|
708
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL:
|
|
9083.2952
|
|
8533
|
|
6250.4695
|
|
1773.253854
The necessary Environment Impact Assessment  is done before starting the new projects. The requisite Environment clearance is also obtained by the concerned Agencies of Ministry/Departments/State Government.
This information was given by Union Minister for Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Shri G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.